Epichlorohydrin → N-[2-(2,3-epoxypropoxy)benzyl]-N'-(2-hydroxyethyl)urea

HRID 615226

Reaction equation

HRID 615226 reaction equation
[OH:1][CH2:2][CH2:3][NH:4][C:5]([NH:7][CH2:8][C:9]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][C:10]=1[OH:15])=[O:6].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+].[CH2:22]([CH:24]1[O:26][CH2:25]1)Cl>>[O:26]1[CH2:25][CH:24]1[CH2:22][O:15][C:10]1[CH:11]=[CH:12][CH:13]=[CH:14][C:9]=1[CH2:8][NH:7][C:5]([NH:4][CH2:3][CH2:2][OH:1])=[O:6]

Participants

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Procedure

A mixture of 29.2 g of N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N'-(2-hydroxybenzyl)urea, 440 ml of epichlorohydrin and 38.9 g of potassium carbonate is stirred for 6 hours at 90°. The solids are then suction-filtered whilst hot, washed with acetonitrile and the filtrate is concentrated by evaporation in vacuo. The oil remaining crystallises when left to stand and is recrystallised from 320 ml of ethyl acetate, with carbon treatment. The resulting epoxide melts at 96°-99°.

Workup

  1. filtrationThe solids are then suction-filtered whilst hot,
  2. washwashed with acetonitrile
  3. concentrationthe filtrate is concentrated by evaporation in vacuo
  4. customThe oil remaining crystallises when
  5. waitleft
  6. customis recrystallised from 320 ml of ethyl acetate, with carbon treatment

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8bbcd739ac42410ea1466e3c069add4c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1985_02
Patent number
US04497813

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